First SCID gene chip to be introduced at Academy meeting on immunodeficiencies
The first gene chip ever to be developed for detecting SCID (primary immunodeficiency) in newborns will be presented to researchers for the first time at the New York Academy of Sciences' and Jeffrey Modell Foundation's one-day conference, Primary Immunodeficiencies: Past, Present, Future. The meeting will take place on April 25 at Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium, 1230 York Avenue, NY...Antarctic Treaty Meeting moves to protect frozen continent from non-native species
Important new measures to protect Antarctica ?the world's last great wilderness ?from invasive non-native species have been agreed at a meeting of Antarctic experts in Edinburgh. Scientists and policy makers at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, which finished at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday 23 June, agreed new measures that will reduce the risk of non-native...New technology enables faster, more efficient cell harvest: Cell therapy meeting study
A new, transformative filtration-based technology for the isolation and enrichment of cells, a critical first step in the development of therapies to repair or replace diseased or damaged tissues and organs, was found to be more efficient and faster than traditional technology used for cell separation. These findings were presented today at the International Society for Cellular Therapy (I...Latest advances in DNA sequencing highlighted at DOE Joint Genome Institute User Meeting
Four hundred researchers tapping the massive flow of DNA sequence information will gather March 28-30 to share their recent developments at the 2nd Annual U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) User Meeting. DOE JGI is the world's only user facility dedicated to making high-throughput DNA sequencing available to a diverse research community and individual investigators who oth...Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck
Termites and fungi already know how to digest cellulose, but the human process of producing ethanol from cellulose remains slow and expensive. The central bottleneck is the sluggish rate at which the cellulose enzyme complex breaks down tightly bound cellulose into sugars, which are then fermented into ethanol. To help unlock the cellulose bottleneck, a team of scientists has conducted mol...AG accuses BioCATT of violating meetings law
, have come under legal scrutiny for alleged violations of the state open meetings law in a...VC trends, company progress discussed at Mason Wells portfolio meeting
Limited partners, portfolio company executives, and guests of met in Milwaukee to hear a speech from Mark Hessen,...Beware the Dreaded Off-Site Technology Meeting
CHICAGO Caesar's oracle told him to beware the Ides of March. While many of us worry more about the Ides of April, here in the Midwest technology scene, a far more common fear is the creepy-crawly feeling we get when we get that breathless invitation to the dreaded off-site technology meeting. Over the last couple years, off-site activity has slowed to a crawl. The boisterous, lavish a...Scotland lags far behind in meeting the demand of prostate cancer treatment
Half of Scotland's prostate cancer patients face a delay of two months or more for surgery or therapy//. Prostrate cancer is one of the most common cancers in Scotland. Bu the health officials said that the hospitals are struggling to hit their target. Andy Kerr, health minister, asked the authorities to reduce the waiting times to make it easier for those who have been di...Medical Colleges, Confident of Meeting Standards Before 90-days deadline
The state governed medical colleges have not much to improve their standards, as stipulated by the Medical Council of India (MCI) //, which has given them a three month deadline to comply with the norms or face a risk of de-affiliation. MCI is the authorized body that has the power to accord affiliation to medical colleges across the country, has issued a 90-day deadline for the three...Meeting To Discuss Issue Of Personal Health Records
The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Center for Biomedical Informatics is hosting a meeting that is to discuss the privacy, business, societal, and technical issues surrounding personal health records. The first meeting on Personally Controlled Health Records Infrastructure (PCHRI 2006) will be held on October 10-11. // "The work done at this meeting will further the development of the ri...Virtual Meeting Place Unites Patients with Brain Tumors and Neurosurgical Disorders
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Department of Neurosurgery has launched an Internet site that provides a virtual support system for patients and their family members// anywhere in the world dealing with brain tumors or other conditions of the brain or spinal cord that may require surgical intervention. There is no charge to access the message center, which will provide links to the late...Clinical Data From Nymox BPH Drug To Be Presented at American Urological Association Meeting
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 3, 2007 - NymoxPharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) today announced thatfurther clinical results from the Company's studies of NX-1207 forbenign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) will be presented at the NewEngland Section of the American Urological Association Meeting inBoston in September. The paper is authored by leading clinicalresearch inves...